Micro Giving

Scrooge Nation: Can We Change?

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 11.17.2011

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Richard (RJ) Eskow

Every Christmas Americans indulge in their many book, stage, and screen versions of Dickens' Christmas Carol. Then the nation that sighs over the Cratchit family goes back to acting like Ebenezer Scrooge.

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Micro-Giving: A New Era in Fundraising

John Borthwick and Kenneth Lerer | Posted 11.17.2011

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John Borthwick and Kenneth Lerer

Micro-lending has changed lives. Now a wave of friends and "loose ties" within the social media community are bringing the micro-lending concept and applying it to charitable giving. Call it "Micro-giving."

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Buy Me A Drink? I'll Take A Charitini

Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Bob Woodruff Family Fund, Habitat for Humanity, Donorschoose, Foundation Rwanda, The Giving Life, Charitini, Obama Fundraising, Charity, Obama Donations, Twitter, Microlending, Micro-Giving, Microgiving, Donations, Micro-Lending, Microfinance, Healthy Living News
Rachel Sklar

Tonight, I've planned a birthday party with a twist: Instead of plying me with drinks 'til I'm wobbly, I've invited friends and colleagues to donate the equivalent sum to some of my favorite charities.

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